Automatic label-pasting machine



April 21, 1925. 1,534,355

a. n. BISHOP ET AL AUTOMATIC LABEL PASTING MACHINE Filed April 12, 192

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' G. D. BISHOP ET AL AUTOMATIC LABEL PASTING MACHINE Filed April 12, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 g I" I Patented Apr. 21, 1925 UNITED STATES 1,534,355 PATENT OFFICE.

. GEORGE D. BISHOP AND CLARENCE P. I-IARTMAN, 0F OARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMA'IIG LABEL-PASTING MACHINE.

Application filed April' 12, 1924. Serial No. 706,111.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE D. BISHOP and CLARENCE P. HARTMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and use ful improvements in an Automatic Label- Pasting Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in automatic label pasting machines and has for its principal object to provide a simple and efficient device wherein labels or stamps or the like in strip form and normally formed in a roll will be adapted to be moistened on the gummed face thereof and cut into predetermined lengths.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character, wherein means is provided for preventing the return of the strip of paper comprising the labels or stamps upon the automatic return of the cutting member and feeding means.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character, wherein the parts are so arranged as to enable the same to be readily disassembled whenever necessary, spring means being provided with the feeding means and the cutter operating means for normally holding the same in position.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, inexpensive, strong and durable and furthermore adapted for the purposes for which it is designated.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent during the course of the following description.

In'the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken approximately 011 line 22 of Figure 1. a

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken aproximately on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a similar view taken on line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a still further vertical section taken on line 55 of Figure 1, and

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the feed roller and operating means therefor supporting bracket.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of ourinvention, the numeral 1 designates generally. the casing of the improved automatic label pasting machine and the same comprises the spaced side plates 2 and 3, between the upper edges of which is supported the cover plate 4 by means of the fastening members shown at 5. Extending downwardly from the respective ends of the cover plate 4 are the portions 6 and 7 respectively the same further being secured to the spaced side plates 2 and 3 and providing rear and front end walls respectively. This construction provides a substantially rectangular shaped casing and adapted to be supported in any suitable manner in the bottom of the oils ing between the lower portions of the side walls 2 and 3 respectively is the longitudinally extending fountain 8.

The fountain 8 is further provided at its rear portion with the supply reservoir 9 and as clearly illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, the fountain extends forwardly from the rear end 6 of the casing and terminates at a point adjacent the front end wall 7. This construction however will be hereinafter more fully described. The top face of the fountain 8 is designated by the numeral 11 and is provided with the bulged portion 12 adjacent the intermediate portion thereof and the bulged portion extends transversely across the fountain, the purpose of this construction being more fully set forth later in' the description.

The forward portion of the top plate 11 of the fountain 8 is provided with a transversely extending opening 13 through which is adapted to extend the portion of the moistening roller 14 which is supported on the shaft 15 and is mounted in the forward end of the fountain in the manner clearly illustrated in Figure 1. The reservoir 9 is of such aconstruction as to at all times insure the proper supply of water to the fountain 8 and for the purpose of replenishing or emptying-the reservoir, I provide the reservoir with a filling opening 16 which is normally closed by the stopper 17.

Extending downwardly from the cover 4 of the casing- 1 between the side plates 2 and 3 adjacent the forward end 7 is the partition 18.v 'lhe.-.partition terminates at its lower end at a point above the top face 11 of the fountain 8 in the manner as clearly illustrated in Figure 1. The partition 18 provides the compartment 19 and the coinpartment 20, and adapted to be supported within the compartment 19 is the roll of paper which comprises the labels or stamps and is designated by the numeral 21. The roll of paper is supported on the transversely extending shaft which is supported at its ends in the side plates 2 and 3 adjacent the rear end wall 6 and above the reservoir 9. The labels or stamps which comprise the roll of paper 21 are of such width as to properly be unrolled from the roll 21 when desirous of cutting any number of labels or stamps from the strips of paper which is in the roll form. Arranged on the inner faces are the side plates 2 and 3 respectively and preferably within the compartment are the channel shaped guides 23 and24 respectively, the same extending from a point above the forward end of the top of the fountain 8 and adjacent the partition 18. The upper ends of the channel shaped guides 23 and 24 terminate into the inwardly extending flanges 25 and 26 respectively. The purpose of the provision of the inwardly extending flanges will be presently apparent. Slidably supported between the channel shaped guides 28 and 24 is the substantially inverted U-shaped bracket 27.

This bracket 27 has the arms 28 and 29 respectively thereof providedat their outer lower ends with the registering openings 30 and 31 respectively and this construction provides a means for supporting within the bracket the shaft 32 on which is carried the feeding roller 33. The feeding roller 33 is adapted to cooperate with the moistening roller 14lheretofore described, for the purpose of feeding the labels from the roll outwardly to a position where the same may be cut in the manner hereinafter to be more fully described. For the purpose of normally keeping the feeding roller in cooperative engagement with the moistening roller 14, we provide the coil springs 34 which are disposed between the inwardly extending flanges 25 and 26 formed on the upper ends of the guides 23 and 2st and the cross portion of the inverted U-shaped bracket 27 in the manner clearly illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings.

The bracket 27 flu'therinore has its arms 28 and 29 provided with the offset and outwardly extending ears 36 and respectively, the same being respectively provided with registering openings 38 and 39 in the manner clearly shown in Figure 6 of the drawings. The provision of the offset and outwardly extending ears 36 and 37 is to provide a means whereby the shaft 40 may supporting be supported therein and carried by the shaft adjacent one end thereof is the seg mental gear ll. The segmental gear is adapted to mesh with a cog wheel or small gear 42 which is carried by the outer end of the shaft in the manner clearly illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings. The means -i.'or operating the segmental gear ll whereby the shaft and the feeding roll 33 carried thereby may be rotated will also hereinafter be more fully described.

Extending vertically within the co1npartnient 20 and through the cover e is the plunger 4:3, the same being adapted for reciprocal movement within the compartment 20. The lower portion of the plunger is is adapted to operate through a suitable guide plate er which extends transversely between the side plates 2 and 3 adjacent the forward end wall 7 of the casing in the manner clearly illustrated in Figures l and a of the drawings. The lowerend of the plunger 4-3 carries thereon the substantially rectangular shaped plate 45 and the same is of such size as to operate between the forward end of the fountain fl and the forward end wall '7 the adjacent d es of the fountain c vcr plate 11 and the plate l5 being sharpened to provide cooperating cutting edges whereby the strip of paper may be severed when the plunger l? is pushed downwardly in the compartment 20 in the manner hereinafter more clearly described. The lower portion of the plunger is provided further with a webbing 46 which acts a reinforcement for the plate and extending forwardly from one of the webs is the laterally extenuing arm 4-7. The arm 47 is provided in its outer face ith the rack lUu teeth 2-8 and the latter mesh with the re .l of the segmental -l-l in the manner dearly illustrated in Figure l of the drawings. The upper end of the plunger provided with a suitab e op-ei'... a; lo

l9 and for the purpose of norma ly keeping the plunger in the position as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings wherein the cutting edge of the plate 45 is out of engagement with the cutting edge of the top of the four -iu 8. we provide a coil spring 5:) whic l'l circles the intermediate portion or plunger and is disposed behreen the 5' plate and a suitable collar 5!, scrlli'ed to the plunger.

Extending transversely within the compartment 10 and secured at its respective ends to the side plates 2 and 3 is the guide roller 52. The guide roller is preferably disposed slightly above the top face 11 of the fountain 8 adjacent the rear portion thereof in the manner clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings and the purposes thereof is well known in the art. Also ar ranged within the conipartu'lent l., and adapted to cooperate with the strip of paper supported on the roll 21 are the spring fingers 53, the same being supported on the transversely extending cross bar 54in the manner as more clearly shown in Figures 2 and f the drawings. The fingers 53 have their free ends curved as shown at and engage the strip of paper forwardly of the guide roller 52 in the manner clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings so as to force the strip of paper into frictional engagement with the top face 11.

The spring fingers 53 and the supporting means 54 therefor are further arranged directly in the rear of the bulged portion 12 and the purpose of these spring fingers is to provide a means for preventing the return of the strip of paper to the roll after a portion of the strip has been cut by the reciprocating cutter supported in the compartment 20. A handle such as is shown at 56 is supported between the upper ends of the upstanding brackets 57, the latter being secured to the cover plate 4 in any well known manner.

The operation of our label pasting machine may be briefly described as follows: The roll of paper which may consist of labels or stamps is placed in the compartments 19 on the shaft 22. The free end of the paper is placed under the guide roller 52 and the spring fingers 53 over the top face 11 of the fountain 8 and between the roller 14 and the roller 33. It is of course to be understood that the gummed face of the strip of paper will be disposed downwardly so the moistening roller 14 will come in contact with the gummed face. The parts being arranged as shown in Figure 1, the operator presses downwardly on the plunger 43 by means of the handle 49 and the downward movement of the plunger causes the rack teeth 48 on the arm 47 to rotate the segmental gear 41 and the rotation of the segmental gear will also cause the rotation of the feeding roller 33 through the medium of the gear wheel 42 in the direction of the arrow. This will cause the roller 33 to cooperate with the n oijstening roller 14 feeding a strip of the paper outwardly from the forward end of the fountain so that when the cutting edge of the plate 45 comes in contact with the cutting edge of the top plate 11 of the fountain 8,the strip of paper disposed outwardly therefrom will be severed and will be stamped on an article by the action of the plate 45, the article being placed below the forward end of the casing.

After a label has been out, the plunger 43 is released, the spring 50 will cause the return movement thereof, simultaneously rotating the segmental gear 41 through the medium of the rack teeth 48 in the reverse direction and also causing the reverse rotation of the feeding roller 33. The strip of paper which is then under the feeding roller 33 will then be moved rearwardly into the compartment 19 and will be caused to bulge over the bulged portion 12 and the spring lingers 53 will prevent the strip of paper from returning to the roll 21 and will hold the forward end of the strip of paper in a bulged position. The cutting operation may then again be repeated and the strip of paper which is bulged will then be caused to be fed outwardly from the forward end of the fountain and cut in the manner as above described.

it will thus be seen from the foregoing description, that a label pasting machine has been provided with is entirely automatic in its operation, the parts being so arranged as to enable the same to be readily disassembled so that access thereto may be had at any time. The simplicity of our device furthermore enables the same to be manufactured at a very low cost and will be strong and durable. A machine of this character may be used for various purposes and we do not wish to limit ourselves to any particular use of the machine.

While we have shown the preferred embodiment of our invention, it is to be understood thatvarious changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. In combination, a platform, a spring tensioned toward the platform for frictionally engaging a strip of paper with a portion of the platform, said platform provided with an opening, a roller journaled below the opening of the platform, a second roller journaled above the opening of the platform, means for rotating the first mentioned roller, a cutting means associated with the platform and operatively connected with said means for operating the roller, said platform being conveXed upwardly between the spring and the opening.

2. In an automatic label pasting machine, a platform over which is adapted to travel a strip of paper, means on the platform tending to retard the travel of the strip of paper over the platform, a mechanism for moving the strip of paper over the plat form, said mechanism being spaced from said means, a cutter movably mounted adj acent the platform to sever the strip of paper, and gearing connecting the cutter and the mechanism for operating the latter upon the movement of the former whereby when the cutter is actuated to sever the paper said mechanism will be operated to move the strip of paper in one direction and when the cutter is actuated on its return stroke to its initial position said mechanism will be reversed tending to move the strip of paper in the opposite direction thereby causing the strip 01" paper to bulge between the mechanism and the first mentioned means for retarding the traveling of the strip of paper.

3. In an automatic label pasting machine, a platform over which is adapted to travel a strip of paper, means on the platform tending to retard the travel of the strip of paper over the platform a mechanism for moving the strip of paper over the platform, said mechanism being spaced from said means, a cutter movably mounted adjacent the platform to sever the strip of paper, and gearing connecting the cutter and the mechanism for operating the latter upon the movement of the former whereby when the cutter is actuated to sever the paper said mechanism Will be operated to move the strip of paper in one direction and when the cutter is actuated on its return stroke to its initial position said mechanism will be reversed tending: to move the strip of paper in the opposite direction thereby causing the strip ot' paper to bulge between the mechanism and the first mentioned means for retarding the traveling of the strip of paper. and moistc Lg means for engaging the strip of paper adjacent the mechanism.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures.

GEORGE D. BISHOP, CLARENCE P HARTMAN. 

